S20E25 Currying Favor and Flavor! (Patreon)

Irene and Steve talk about how this episode really relates to the actual video game in parts. Ash is also a focus in this episode besides others and/or Popplio. 

Ash and Mallow team up to look for herbs and berries in the forest, and they run into an unexpected challenge: the Totem Pokémon Lurantis! Ash defeats it, earning a Grass-type Z-Crystal—and when he gets back to Olivia, she reveals that the day’s activities were his preliminary trials in disguise. He passed with flying colors, so the grand trial can proceed!